Shigehiro Tsubota

Shigehiro Tsubota studied contemporary music at Berklee
College in Boston, USA, and subsequently lived in New York to meet many
of the vanguard musicians of the late '80s and early '90s. One day, while
practising in his Brooklyn apartment, his neighbours called the police to
report a possible murder in progress, so alarmed were they by the incredible
noise and wild screaming in the adjacent apartment.

Indeed, Shigehiro's music is deeply existential, pushing
the aesthetic limits of the traditionally beautiful. Yet, far beyond conventional
noise, it sparks an extreme, energy-ridden and bizarre beauty. Definitely
left-field underground and not for everybody, his free improvisations on
guitars and effects board, occasionally accompanied by his voice, are influenced
by live electronics and the profound knowledge of the musics by luminaries
such as Miles Davis, Stravinsky, Stockhausen, Can, David Tudor, Lee Perry,
and Brian Eno, to name just a few.

Shigehiro Tsubota also has participated in Philippe
Chatelain's Tokyo-based "laptop
orchestra", is a very honest and humble person after all, and probably
owns the fastest changing record collection on earth.

Watch video of Shigehiro Tsubota

"Plastic bags, a beer can, a kitchen knife, a wine
bottle, a potato chip bag, and a pocket radio. These are the instruments
that Shigehiro Tsubota used to create music at Loop-Line on May 10th. Performance
art. Sound artist. An interesting outlook and approach to making noise.
Rather than diving into the world of computer software and sound wave manipulation,
Tsubota uses everyday items to create sound art. Music? Art? Decide for
yourself."